Woody was born in Lawrence, Kan., on Feb. 15, 1943. He moved with his
family to Neenah in 1960.

He graduated from Neenah High School in 1961 and then went into the Army
where he became a crew chief on a UH-1 helicopter. He then attended the
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh where he earned a degree in accounting.
He worked at Jewelers Mutual in Neenah Wisconsin until 1983 at which
point he and his family moved to West Bend and he began working as an
accountant at West Bend Mutual. In 1996 he retired from accounting and
worked at Menards in West Bend. Woody was a member of the Kiwanis Club
in Neenah and West Bend.